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And the woman concluded: "Let the word of my lord the king provide a resting place; indeed, my lord the king is like an angel of God, evaluating good and bad. The LORD your God be with you." (2 Samuel 14, 17)
The king answered the woman, "Now do not conceal from me anything I may ask you!" The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak." (2 Samuel 14, 18)
So the king asked, "Is Joab involved with you in all this?" And the woman answered: "As you live, my lord the king, it is just as your majesty has said, and not otherwise. It was your servant Joab who instructed me and told your servant all these things she was to say. (2 Samuel 14, 19)
Then the king said to Joab: "I hereby grant this request. Go, therefore, and bring back young Absalom." (2 Samuel 14, 21)
Falling prostrate to the ground in homage and blessing the king, Joab said, "This day I know that I am in good favor with you, my lord the king, since the king has granted the request of his servant." (2 Samuel 14, 22)
But the king said, "Let him go to his own house; he shall not appear before me." So Absalom went off to his house and did not appear before the king. (2 Samuel 14, 24)
Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without appearing before the king. (2 Samuel 14, 28)
Then he summoned Joab to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. Although he summoned him a second time, Joab refused to come. (2 Samuel 14, 29)
Absalom answered Joab: "I was summoning you to come here, that I may send you to the king to say: 'Why did I come back from Geshur? I would be better off if I were still there!' Now, let me appear before the king. If I am guilty, let him put me to death." (2 Samuel 14, 32)
Joab went to the king and reported this. The king then called Absalom, who came to him and in homage fell on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed him. (2 Samuel 14, 33)
Moreover, Absalom used to rise early and stand alongside the road leading to the gate. If someone had a lawsuit to be decided by the king, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he replied, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe of Israel," (2 Samuel 15, 2)
Absalom would say to him, "Your suit is good and just, but there is no one to hear you in the king's name." (2 Samuel 15, 3)
